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Monday, July 2, 2012

What's in a name? - Episode 185 - The Knitmore Girls

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Gigi is working with her Jenkins Lark Turkish drop spindle and we mention the Turkish delight, and spinning fiber from Crown Mountain Farms. Her SPAKAL spinning is coming along nicely. Jasmin is making tracks on her spinning with the Rambouillet cross. She mentions Down Cellar Studio's photography tips.

Hey! Newish listener here. I am one of the contributors to the Burdastyle Handbook. I made the black and white polka dot skirt. Burdastyle.com is social network but the projects in the book are not derived from the projects on the website. Contributors were approached to work on variations in advance of the book. Naturally I wasn't allowed to share details of the project before it was published. Also, about seamless patterns... having no seams makes modification much easier, which is part of the point of the Handbook. Make all your design modifications and then add seam allowances as you cut. I don't even bother to add seam allowances to my traced pattern, but that is a matter of personal preference.

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